Because the song of the siren could lure a sailor to death by drowning or into wrecking his ship along the cliffs that the sirens often sang from.
Odysseus is a character in The Odyssey. His hubris dooms the crew as he was warned not to hear the song of the sirens. However, he does so anyway.
He has his crew put wax in their ears.
While both groups could bring an expedition to a grinding halt, at least with the Lotus-Eaters, the crew was still alive. The Sirens lured sailors to a death on the rocky coast.
Only one person was needed to signal to the crew mates when the sirens were singing. The others were needed to sail or row the ship.
The Land of the Sirens is a mythical area in the Mediterranean Sea that comes up a lot in Greek Mythology. It is most famously used in the book The Odyssey, by Homer. Where Odysseus and his crew have to row by it. On this land, there are sirens. These Sirens are supernatural women that produce lovely songs. They are so lovely, that they lure sailors in. When the sailors are lured in too far, they hit the jagged rocks surrounding the island, and their ship wrecks. Odysseus instructs his crew to fill their ears with wax, so they will not hear the songs. He is then tied to the ship mast, so he can hear the beautiful songs, but not instruct his crew to sail there. As much as he begs and pleads, they do not sail there, and they continue to journey back to Odysseus's land of Ithaca.
he made his crew put wax earplugs in their ears. he himself wanted to hear the sirens beautiful music, so he asked his crew to tie him to the mast, the foundation of a sail. Odysseus's crew ties Odysseus very tightly to the mast, and disarmed him. When the were going past the sirens, Odysseus was screaming and yelling at his crew to let him go to the sirens. The crew obviously did not hear him because they had the wax ear plugs. That is how Odysseus saved his crew from the sirens.
they lashed him to the mast.
they lashed him to the mast
they lashed him to the mast.
They have wax in their ears so that they can not hear the sirens' singing.
They have wax in their ears so that they can not hear the sirens' singing.
No. Dionysus is the god of wine. It's Odysseus whose crew survived the sirens.
Odysseus avoids the sirens by having all his crew members put wax in their ears. He decided not to do this and instead had his crew tie him up to a pull on the ship, for he was curious about the songs.
Odysseus is a character in The Odyssey. His hubris dooms the crew as he was warned not to hear the song of the sirens. However, he does so anyway.
By Putting Wax In Their Ears.
putting wax in their ears
He has his crew put wax in their ears.